US4185439A
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Connecting element and a method of manufacture the same
Assignee: Eduard Hueck GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1978-04-25
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Granted: 1980-01-29
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Expires: 1998-04-25
Abstract
Abstract A connecting element, particularly for windows, doors and the like, has two elongated profiled elements spaced from one another in a first direction transverse to the direction of elongation thereof so as to bound with one another a channel, and two heat insulating inserts located in the channel, which inserts extend in the first direction between the profiled elements and are spaced from one another in a second direction transverse to the first direction so as to provide an intermediate hollow space between the inserts. A method of manufacturing the connecting element includes the steps of providing the two elongated profiled elements which bound with one another the channel, supplying into the channel a hardenable heat insulating material so as to fill two sections of the channel which are spaced from one another whereby an intermediate hollow space is provided between the sections, and hardening the heat insulating material in these sections of the channel, so that the hardened material forms the above-mentioned two heat insulating inserts which are connected with the profiled elements and spaced from one another.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Bischlipp
- 👤 Werner Weitzel
- 👤 Walter Hueck
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 00:50
CPC Classifications
E; E06; E06B; E06B3/00; E06B3/04; E06B3/263; E06B3/26338; E06B3/267; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S49/00; Y10S49/01; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49616; Y10T29/49623; Y10T29/49625; Y10T29/49627; Y10T29/49799
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
214 words
A method of manufacturing a connecting element, particularly for windows, door and the like, comprising the steps of providing two elongated profiled elements; positioning said elongated profiled elements so that they are laterally spaced from one another and bound with one another an elongated channel having an upper section and a lower section which are spaced from each other in an upright direction; supplying a hardenable heat insulating material into at least a portion of the length of said lower section of said channel; thereafter inserting a transverse member extending over at least said portion between said elongated profiled elements only at a lowermost location of said upper section and at a distance from said lower section so as to bound a hollow intermediate space therebetween and to separate said upper section from said intermediate space, and fixing said transverse member to said elongated profiled elements; supplying the hardenable heat insulating material into the thus-separated upper section of said channel so as to fill said upper section; and hardening the hardenable heat insulating material in said upper and lower sections of said channel so as to form two heat insulating inserts which connect said elongated profiled elements with each other and are spaced from one another in the upright direction by said intermediate space.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
214 words
A method of manufacturing a connecting element, particularly for windows, door and the like, comprising the steps of providing two elongated profiled elements; positioning said elongated profiled elements so that they are laterally spaced from one another and bound with one another an elongated channel having an upper section and a lower section which are spaced from each other in an upright direction; supplying a hardenable heat insulating material into at least a portion of the length of said lower section of said channel; thereafter inserting a transverse member extending over at least said portion between said elongated profiled elements only at a lowermost location of said upper section and at a distance from said lower section so as to bound a hollow intermediate space therebetween and to separate said upper section from said intermediate space, and fixing said transverse member to said elongated profiled elements; supplying the hardenable heat insulating material into the thus-separated upper section of said channel so as to fill said upper section; and hardening the hardenable heat insulating material in said upper and lower sections of said channel so as to form two heat insulating inserts which connect said elongated profiled elements with each other and are spaced from one another in the upright direction by said intermediate space.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said providing step includes forming on said profiled elements means adapted to engage said insulating inserts, and arranged on surfaces of said profiled elements which face toward one another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method as defined in claim 2, wherein said forming step includes forming a projection.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method as defined in claim 2, wherein said forming step includes forming an undercut.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said supplying step includes supplying said heat insulating material in an at least approximately flowable state.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said supplying step includes supplying said heat insulating material into said channel so that said sections of the latter are substantially parallel to one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
The method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising supplying said hardenable heat insulating material into said channel so as to also fill a third section thereof, which is spaced from one of said two sections in said upright direction, whereby a further hollow intermediate space is formed between said third section and said one section, and hardening of said heat insulating material in said third section of said channel, for the hardened material to form a third such heat insulating insert.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said providing step includes providing such profile elements which are initially connected with one another by a connecting strip bounding said lower section at an outer side thereof, and together with said profile elements forming an integral member; and further including the step of removing said connecting strip after hardening said heat insulating material in said lower section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said providing step includes providing such profile elements which are connected with one another by two connecting strips, so as to form an integral member, said connecting strips being spaced from one another in said second direction and each outwardly bounding a respective one of said sections of said channel; and further comprising the step of retaining the connecting strip bounding said lower section and removing the connecting strip bounding said upper section so as to open the latter prior to supplying said heat insulating material into said lower section.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said inserting step includes utilizing a foil sheet as said transverse member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said inserting step includes utilizing a rigid strip as said transverse member.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said inserting step includes utilizing a flexible strip as said transverse member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said providing step includes providing holding means on said profiled elements, said fixing step includes fixing said transverse member relative to said profiled elements by said holding means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said transverse member remains after said hardening step as a relinguished part of the connecting element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said inserts are elongated and extend in the direction of elongation of said profiled elements; and further comprising the step of making at least one throughgoing hole in one of said inserts, which hole extends in a direction transverse to the direction of elongation of said one insert.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as defined in claim 15, wherein said making step includes milling out said hole.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as defined in claim 15, wherein said making step includes sawing out said hole.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method as defined in claim 15, wherein said making step includes making at least one further hole in said one inserts, which are spaced from said first-mentioned hole in the direction of elongation of said one insert.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as defined in claim 15, wherein said inserts are located one above another, said making step includes making such hole in another of said heat insulating inserts.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said hardenable heat insulating material substantially does not expand during hardening.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
203 words
A connecting element, particularly for windows, doors and the like, comprising two elongated profiled elements laterally spaced from one another so as to bound with one another a channel having an upper section and a lower section which are spaced from each other in an upright direction; two heat insulating inserts produced by filling said sections of said channel with a hardenable heat insulating material and located in said sections so that said inserts connect said elongated profiled elements with each other and, at the same time, are spaced from one another in the upright direction by an intermediate space which remains therebetween; only one transverse member extending between and fixed to said elongated profiled elements only at a lowermost location of said upper section and at a distance from said lower section so that said transverse member both separates said upper section of said channel from said intermediate space whereby the height of said intermediate space in the upright direction is defined between a lower surface of said transverse member and an upper surface of said lower insert, and reinforces said connecting element in a lateral direction at said location; and means for fixing said transverse member to said elongated profiled elements.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
203 words
A connecting element, particularly for windows, doors and the like, comprising two elongated profiled elements laterally spaced from one another so as to bound with one another a channel having an upper section and a lower section which are spaced from each other in an upright direction; two heat insulating inserts produced by filling said sections of said channel with a hardenable heat insulating material and located in said sections so that said inserts connect said elongated profiled elements with each other and, at the same time, are spaced from one another in the upright direction by an intermediate space which remains therebetween; only one transverse member extending between and fixed to said elongated profiled elements only at a lowermost location of said upper section and at a distance from said lower section so that said transverse member both separates said upper section of said channel from said intermediate space whereby the height of said intermediate space in the upright direction is defined between a lower surface of said transverse member and an upper surface of said lower insert, and reinforces said connecting element in a lateral direction at said location; and means for fixing said transverse member to said elongated profiled elements.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 21, wherein said profiled elements are provided with means for engaging said heat insulating inserts.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 22, wherein said profiled elements have inner surfaces facing toward one another, said engaging means being provided on said inner surfaces.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
15 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 22, wherein said engaging means includes a projection.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
15 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 22 wherein said engaging means includes an undercut.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
38 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 21, wherein said channel has upper and lower ends spaced from one another in said upright direction, said upper end of said channel being open whereas said lower end is closed.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
59 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 26; and further comprising a connecting member which is located below said lower section of said channel and closes said lower end of the latter, said connecting member connecting said elongated profiled elements with each other only from below, whereas said elongated profiled elements are not connected with each other from above.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
19 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 21, wherein said heat insulating inserts are substantially parallel to one another.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
43 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 21, wherein said inserts are elongated in the direction of elongation of said profiled elements, at least one of said inserts having a throughgoing hole extending in a direction transverse to the direction of elongation thereof.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
32 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 29, wherein said one insert has at least one further hole spaced from said first mentioned hole in the direction of elongation of said insert.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 29, wherein another of said inserts has at least one such hole.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
15 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 29, wherein said hole is a milled hole.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
44 words
The connecting element as defined in claim 21; and further comprising a third such insert which is spaced from one of said two inserts in said upright direction so as to provide a further intermediate space between said third insert and said one insert.
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